Metal splice for uniting the ends of cane strips for chair-seatings



(N0 Modelz) I. A. SINCLAIR.

METAL SPLICE FOR UNITING THE ENDS OF CANE STRIPS FOR CHAIR SEATINGS.

No. 327,731. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

WITNESSES l INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. Fhom-Lllhugnpher, Walhmglon. o. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, OF MOTTVILLE, NEW YORK.

METAL SPLICE FOR UNlTlNG THE ENDS OF CANE STRIPS FOR CHAIR-SEATINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,731, dated October6,1885.

Application filed June 14, 1884. Serial No. 134,857. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS A. SINCLAIR, of Mottville, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved MetalSplice for Uniting the Ends of Cane Strips for Ohair-Seatings, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved metal spliceor tie for splicing and uniting the ends of cane strips used in makingcane chair-seatings.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved metal splice or tie foruniting the ends of cane strips for chair-seatings. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same, showing the manner of holdingthe ends of the strips; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified formthereof.

A metal plate, A, of any suitable shape, is

provided with three parallel transverse slots, B, and with side flanges,A. The ends of the cane strips E are secured to the plate by passingthem through the middle slot, B, from the upper to the lower surface ofthe plate, and then through the end slots, 13, from the lower to theupper surface of the plate, so that the strips will press their endsupon the end crosspieces of the plate, thus holding said ends securelyin place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is p 1. A metalsplice for uniting cane strips, consisting of a plate having sideflanges and transverse slots, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with a metal plate having three transverse slots, oftwo cane strips having their ends passed over the plate and through themiddle slot, then under the plate and through the end slots from thebottom upward, substantially as herein shown and described.

FRANCIS ALEXANDER SINCLAIR.

Witnesses:

F. D. HOYT, F. W. AVERY.

